Following its premiere in January, Marvel Studios and Disney have renewed Wonder Man for a second season with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley set to return.
The series follows Mateen as actor Simon Williams who is trying to create a blockbuster acting career in Hollywood by auditioning for a superhero movie before suddenly developing superpowers of his own. Williams also meets Trevor Slattery, Kingsley’s character from Iron Man 3 who pretended to be the Mandarin and later reappeared in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings where he was kept prisoner by the real Mandarin, Xu Wenwu, Shang-Chi’s father.
Wonder Man was created by Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest, both of whom will return for the second season with Cretton serving as showrunner and Guest directing. Both also executive produce the series.
Wonder Man is part of Marvel’s Phase Six, which includes TV series Daredevil: Born Again, which premieres its second season today, the special The Punisher: One Last Kill in May and VisionQuest later this year. The next MCU film will see everyone’s favourite wallcrawler swing back into screens this summer in Spider-Man: Brand New Day followed by the anticipated multiversal adventure Avengers: Doomsday in December.
Aspiring Hollywood actor Simon Williams is struggling to get his career off the ground. During a chance meeting with Trevor Slattery, an actor whose biggest roles may be well behind him, Simon learns legendary director Von Kovak is remaking the superhero film “Wonder Man.” These two actors at opposite ends of their careers doggedly pursue life-changing roles in this film as audiences get a peek behind the curtain of the entertainment industry.
Featuring in the cast of Wonder Man are Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ben Kingsley, Arian Moayed, X Mayo, Zlatko Burić, Olivia Thirlby, and Byron Bowers.
